yesterday i was racing my 00 ap1 and when i went to shift into 3rd the gear wouldn’t go in, so i basically slammed it into gear and dropped the clutch but it wasn’t catching. after that, it wouldn’t go into any gear and the clutch felt heavy. as i was having it towed (pulled by chain) i left the engine on because i didn’t want the brakes to overheat but in neutral. half way through the tow i hear a loud noise and my friend who was driving behind me said he saw some sparks from the front. after that i turned off the car but kept it in neutral. the car still cranks, but does not go into gear and also has a leak (reddish fluid)

the only problems i have noticed before this were : hard shifts into 1st and needing to give it a lot of gas for it to take off, gaseous smell due to evap delete, small leak of which i thought was oil under the front end, and smell of burnt clutch right before the incident.